🌸🌹2ck 🌱🐇 @2ck@social.cleverlibre.org

it's been too long since I baked a cornbread. seasoned with chili powder, red pepper flakes, and oregano. 😋
it's a but saltier than i recall though. I think I used sea salt previously, but used more finely ground, iodized salt this time. I should convert this recipe to weight measurements...
#baking

I recall sometime back seeing a conversation about NASA and climate science where one person was arguing that #NASA shouldn't be doing weather and #climate research but should focus on #space travel. I knew were wrong, for a number of reasons, but I didn't know many details about how agencies work together. This podcast has some details.
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NASACast Audio: Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 84, NASA’s Role in Weather Research

Episode webpage: http://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/small-steps-giant-leaps-episode-84-nasa-s-role-in-weather-research

Media file: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/audio/episode-84-nasas-role-in-weather-research.mp3

Neat benchmark for vision and language models called VALSE:

summary video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=humlomyUB_Q

paper: https://aclanthology.org/2022.acl-long.567/
#ai #machinelearning

I hadn't thought about it, but I'm really glad mastodon didn't opt for labeling "follows" as "friends". it's really mainly a Facebook thing, but even on Facebook, I think the label has too much baggage. so many "Facebook friends" I have that I probably couldn't pick out of a lineup these days

I listen to podcasts faster than real time, but up to about 1.6 I'll not notice it's sped up until music is played. funny how that works
#psychology #neuroscience #music

"batteries included" for core library interface is a terrible idea. it just means that when I *really* start using your library I have to repeatedly pay a cost of "taking out" the "batteries" by passing in options and setting flags (which, hopefully, are available).

I like better the idea of having an "easy" interface on top to do that: I still have to pay the tax of switching to the core once I'm trying to build my own thing on top, but I only have to pay that cost once for as long as I'm using the library because I'll know the core interface in the future.

#programming #softwareengineering

on a related note, I used to think salmon is my favorite fish, but I've taken a turn to trout.

#cooking #lifeprotip if you need to reheat fish in a microwave, lower the power level (usually, enter the time then hit the power level button, and a number) and cook for a proportionately longer time to prevent the fish from popping/exploding

for years I, and everyone in my house as far as I know, only ever used the microwave at high